Call to solve Siliguri pollution problems
Concerned about the rising pollution levels in Siliguri, a voluntary organisation on Tuesday sought measures to be taken against the same. Members of the Green Forum also demanded that authorities concerned
Statesman (Kolkata)
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Hike in fertiliser prices raises cultivation cost
KOLKATA, 15 JULY: A sharp rise in fertiliser prices has raised the cost of cultivation by as much as Rs 1,200 per acre. Agriculturists are apprehensive this may lead to a dip in paddy production in the
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KMC to visit markets to check whether ban on plastic bags being followed
KOLKATA, 12 JULY: Officials of the environment department of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) are planning to visit the municipal markets in the city next week to check whether the ban on plastic carry
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State-wide greening campaign launched
KOLKATA, 11 JULY: After recent reports that the city is losing its greenery due to negligence by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Rotary International has launched ‘Project Green Magic’, planting
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State plans tribal exchange
KOLKATA, 10 JULY: Tribal people from West Bengal will visit their counterparts in Odisha, Sikkim and Uttar Pradesh and vice-versa for cultural exchanges and to share best practices in agriculture, animal
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State govt sat on food grains
KOLKATA, 10 JULY: The state government distributed only 12.7 per cent of the food grain "specially" allotted by the Centre for the 10 backward districts in the state in the last fiscal year, said Mr KV
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SAIL to ink pact with Kobe for Rs 1,500-cr plant
NEW DELHI, 6 JULY: State-run Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) will ink the final pact with Japan's Kobe Steel next week to set up a 0.5-million-ton (MT) capacity specialised steel plant at Durgapur,
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Burdwan varsity flouts norms of water body preservation
BURDWAN, 6 JULY: At a time when the expert committee set up by the environment department has just released a draft policy on wetlands prohibiting filling up of water bodies, allegations of Burdwan university
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Singur Act not drafted in haste
KOLKATA, 6 JULY : The state government didn't draft the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act in undue haste as alleged by some quarters, chief minister Mamata Banerjee told the Assembly today.
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School to harvest rain water
TAMLUK, 6 JULY: The Karanjee Subhash Vidyabhaban at Balisai in East Midnapore will be the first school to implement a Central rainwater harvesting project. “This is the first of its kind in the district,
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Arsenic bothers Bench as mercury soars
KOLKATA, 5 JULY : As the mercury soars is the water going down your throat sans any contamination or traces of arsenic ? A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court today expressed its concern and directed